<p>Hi! Why one do you think is better for economics?</p>
<p>I heard McGill is more prestigious but it's in Montreal, and I know zero french. I know people at McGill speak English but I still would prefer an English-speaking province. Then again, I learn languages relatively fast so I'm not sure how much of a problem that I'd have.</p>
<p>I mainly want to attend UVic because of the weather there(which I heard was pretty sunny relative to other Canadian cities) and it's in BC so everyone would speak English.</p>
<p>UVic and UBC (just next door to UVic) are laden with Chinese students, many of whom are in-province. Even though they are both English-speaking Us…</p>
<p>Might want to consider Queen’s or U Toronto, too…</p>
<p>But, on a side note: do you have 3.4 UW/2000 (or 3.4 UW/29) or better? If your SAT/ACT is your hole then go for UVic (or UBC if you have any sort of ECs)</p>
<p>You’d be surprised at how many people speak French in Montreal
Even if they aren’t native speakers, most people there know how to speak English fluently (especially the younger people).</p>
<p>Victoria has absolutely lovely weather. It isn’t really more sunny than Montreal/other Canadian cities (you can look up it’s annual sunshine hours if you want), but it’s climate is really mild and comfortable. During the summer, it almost never goes above 30 degrees Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) and during the winter, it rarely drops below 0 degrees Celsius (32 Fahrenheit). However, keep in mind that it’s on Vancouver Island, so if you wanted to go to say Vancouver itself, you would have to take an 1.5 hour long ferry.</p>
<p>As a McGill student who knows virtually no French, I can tell you that you can do just fine at McGill only knowing English (it is an English language university) and virtually all people in the service industry that I have met have at least a working use of English, so you can acess pretty much all the amenities of the city without French (I have a friend who has been at McGill for 4 and 1/2 years and still doesn’t know a word of French). However, if you do go to McGill, I wold encourage you to make an effort to learn a bit of French (as I am trying from some books i bought) because I think you might get a little more out of the city if you are bilingual, it is however by no means a requirement to having a good experience living in Montreal though.</p>
<p>As to UVic, I dont know much about the university itself, but I know that living on Vancouver Island would be a real treat (I never lived on the Island but I lived in Vancouver for 3 years), with huge forests containing giant redwood trees, beeches and tidal pools full of sea life. Your right too that the Vancouver/Victoria area of the West Coast has significantly warmer winters than Montreal, however it is NOT sunnier. That area is actually classified as a “Temperate Rainforest” environment ([BC’s</a> Rainforest Coast Region](<a href=“http://www.spacesfornature.org/greatspaces/rainforest.html]BC’s”>BC's Rainforest Coast Region)), and coming from Vancouver I can tell you you get a lot of rain throughout the year (think like Seattle). This gives the area a beautiful misty brooding atmosphere sometimes (have you ever watched the X-files?), but it also means you should definitely bring an umbrella.</p>
